286 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



Species. 



1. Delphiniis phoccBna, Briss. Regn. Anim. p. 

 371. No. 2. Linn. Gmel. Bonnaterre, Cetolog. p. 

 18. G. Cuv. Menag. Nation. 4>6)xaim, Aristot. 3. 

 Phocama, Rondelet. Pise. p. 473. Artedi, gen. 74. 

 Dauphin marsouin, Lacep. Hist. Nat. des Cetaces, 

 p. 284. pi. 13. fig. 2. Porpoise of the English. 

 (Encycl. Cetolog. pi. 10. fig. 1.) 



Char. Essent. Body and tail elongated ; snout 

 rounded ; teeth compressed, cutting, cylindrical ; 

 from twenty-two to twenty-five on both sides of 

 each jaw ; dorsal fin situated near the middle of 

 the back, nearly triangular and rectilinear; colour 

 blackish above, and white beneath. 



Dimensions. Total length four or five feet. 



These animals inhabit near the mouths of large 

 rivers of both continents. 



Species. 



2. Delphinus gladiator. 



Delphinus, MuUer, Zool. Dan. Prodrom. p. 8. 

 No. 57. Poisson a sabre, Page, voy. au pole nord, 

 tom. ii. p. 142. Delphinus maximus, 01afsen,voy. 

 en Iceland. Dauphin epee de mer, Bonnaterre, 

 Cetolog. p. 23. Dauphin gladiator, Lacepede, 

 united to the Grampus by Cuvier, Regn. Anim. 

 vol. i. p. 279. 



Char. Essent. Body and tail elongated ; top of 

 the head very convex; snout cylindrical and short; 

 jaws of equal length; teeth sharp and recurved; 



